CSD Chair Razali Ismail and Under-Secretary-General Nitin Desai
will give introductory statements and then the floor will be opened
for a dialogue among the ministers. There will not be a speakers
list. Although many had hoped that the high-level segment would not
consist of formal statements, it appears as though many ministers
have prepared statements and it is questionable whether or not a
substantive inter-ministerial dialogue will actually take place.